Santa Cruz Public Libraries, California
Youth Services Department

CREATING A BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR YOUR REPORT


This is a suggested format for students in grades 5-12. It is based primarily on the following books, which are available in the Santa Cruz Public Library System:

Everhart, Nancy. How to Write a Term Paper. c1994. J 808.02 EVE

Using the Internet, Online Services, and CD-ROMs for Writing Research and Term Papers. c2000. 808.042 US1

Search in the Santa Cruz Public Library's database under the subject heading "Report Writing" to find more detailed information.

PRINT SOURCES:

BOOKS WITH ONE AUTHOR

Author's last name, Author's first name. Title. Place of publication: publisher, publication date.

example:

Ricciuti, Edward R. What on Earth is a Capybara? Woodbridge, CT: Blackbirch, 1995.


BOOKS WITH TWO AUTHORS

First Author's last name, First Author's first name, and Second Author's first name Second Author's last name. Title. Place of publication: publisher, publication date.

example:

Chapman, Gillian and Pam Robson. Exploring Time. Brookfield, CT: Millbrook, 1994.


BOOKS - NO AUTHOR GIVEN

Title. Place of publication: publisher, date of publication.

example:

Kingfisher Illustrated History of the World: 40,000 B.C. to Present Day. New York: Kingfisher, 1993.


ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLE, SIGNED

Name of encyclopedia, year ed., vol., "Title of article," by Author's first name Author's last name.

example:

Encyclopedia Americana, 1992, vol. 5, "Cassatt, Mary," by Frederick A. Sweet.


ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLE, UNSIGNED

Name of encyclopedia. year ed., vol., "Title of article."

example:

Encyclopedia of Mammals, 1996, vol. 14, "Tree Squirrels."


MAGAZINE OR NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

Author's last name, Author's first name. "Title of article," Name of magazine, date of magazine, page number(s).

example:

Witkowski, Mary. "Ancient Kivas: Yesterday and Today," Cobblestone, September 1999, pp. 7-9.


PAMPHLETS OR GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS

Name of agency. Title of pamphlet, date.

example:

La Purisima Mission State Historic Park Association. La Purisima Mission, 1996.

NON-PRINT SOURCES:

AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS

(Audiotapes, Videos, Microfiche, etc.)

Title (format). Place of distribution: Distributor, date.

example:

Introduction to Puppet Making (video recording). Sherman Oaks, CA: Bogner, Inc., 1992


CD-ROM

Title of CD-ROM (CD-ROM). "Title of article." Place of Publication: Publisher, date.

example:

1995 Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia (CD -ROM). "Kolanuts." Danbury, CT: Grolier Electronic Publishing, Inc., 1995.


INTERVIEW

Last name of person interviewed, First name of person interviewed. Organization, place of interview, date of interview.

example:

Graziano, Aka. Graziano Ukuleles, Santa Cruz, CA, December 21, 1998.


INTERNET

Author's last name, Author's first name. "Title of Document." (Online) Document date. URL (visited: Date of visit).

example:

Salda, Michael. "Cinderella Project." (Online) December, 1997. http://www-dept.usm.edu/~engdept/cinderella/cinderella.html (visited: December 8, 1999).

A print source with information on citing specific types of Internet information is:

Li, Xia. Electronic Styles: A Handbook for Citing Electronic Information. 808.027 LI


ONLINE MAGAZINE or NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

(from InfoTrac, EBSCOHost, etc.)

Author's last name, Author's first name. "Title of article." Name of magazine, date of magazine, page numbers. Reproduced in Name of Database. Library where database was accessed, location of library. Date of access.

example:

Dawson, Virginia. "Comfort Zone: A Cardiganed Fred Rogers Made Every Kid Feel Cozy and Warm." Smithsonian, May, 2003, p. 31. Reproduced in InfoTrac OneFile. Santa Cruz Public Library, Santa Cruz, CA. Sept. 16, 2003.


REFERENCE DATABASES

Author's last name, Author's first name. "Title of article." Source. Publisher, year. Reproduced in Name of Database. Library where database was accessed, location of library. Date of access.

example:

"Neanderthal Man Discovered, 1856." DISCovering World History. Gale Research, 1997. Reproduced in Student Resource Center. Santa Cruz Public Library, Santa Cruz, CA. Sept. 18, 2003.

ARRANGEMENT OF ITEMS IN A BIBLIOGRAPHY:

  1. If the author is unknown, start your citation with the title.

  2. Arrange the citations in alphabetical order by the first words, ignoring "A," "An," and "The" when they are the first word of the title.

  3. The first line of each citation is not indented. The second line is indented (usually 1/2").

Prepared by the Youth Services Staff
Santa Cruz Public Library System
ESC 9/03

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